This lecture note on pediatric and child health is written for nurses
at diploma level by considering the epidemiology and the burden of illness on
younger age groups. In this lecture note, the authors present concise summaries
of the evidence that has been published in the scientific journals and texts
which have a similar profile in the Ethiopian context. Topics covered includes:
History Taking And Physical Examination, Essential Nursing Care For Hospitalized
Children, Care Of The New Born, Congenital Abnormalities, Normal Growth And
Development, Nutrition And Nutritional Deficiencies, Acute Respiratory
Infections, Control Of Diarrhea, Systemic Diseases, Vaccine Preventable
Diseases, Common Genetic Problems Of Children.
Author(s): Teklebrhan Tema, Tsegaye Asres, Jimma
University
This book covers the
following topics: Pediatric Fever Without a Source, Sepsis and Septic Shock,
Pain Management, Head Injury, Pediatric Procedural Sedation, Orthopedic
Injuries, Pocus Nerve Blocks, Abdominal Pain and Appendicitis, Gastroenteritis,
Constipation and Obstruction, Bronchiolitis, Asthma, Lung Pocus, Pediatric
Syncope.
This book provides a summary of evidence and assessment using the
grade process, and recommendations on the management of common causes of
childhood illnesses. Topics covered include: prevention and antiretroviral
treatment in children with HIV, feeding of HIV-exposed children, treatment of
tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and convulsions in children, management of chronic
pain and an update of the essential medicine list for children.
This
book is divided into three principal parts: Part I, dealing with the experience
of pregnancy from the beginning of expectancy to the convalescence of labor:
Part II, dealing with the infant from its first day of life up to the weaning
time; Part III, taking up the problems of the nursery from the weaning to the
important period of adolescence.
The term childhood
disease refers to disease that is contracted or becomes symptomatic before the
age of 18 years old. Many of these diseases can also be contracted by adults.
This book explains about some childhood diseases.